Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
WASHINGTON.

MAYOR HEWITT and a committee of the
board Of aldermen appointed for that
purpos sent an invitation to Mrs. Presi-
dent Cleveland to attend the New York
firemen's parade and inspection next
month, and present stand of colors on
that occasion to the fire department.
The following National banks have
been authorized to begin business
Abilene National Bank, Abilene, Kan
capital, $15O,OOO. Lumbermen's Nation
al Bank, Chippewa Falls, Wis; Scanda
Kan, capital, $4,000; San Diego Nation
al Bank, San Diego, CAL; capital, $780,
600.
The internal-revenue bureau denounces
the reports from Chicago about the trans
fer of gaugers to AMI from Louisville as
entirely sensational, It is habit they
say constantly practiced, by which gau-
gers errors and frauds are often correct
ed, but is no more significant in this case
than in others occurring almost daily.
The entire force of custom house in
spectOrs, twenty-eight in number, are
now engaged in making the annual in
spection of the nineteen divisions in
which the customs officers of the United
States are classified. They find some
details needing correction, but no serious
irregularities Of any kind thus far.
TIE civil-service commission received
from the secretary of war request for the
certificate on of 212 eligibles all males.
from which So selections may be made
to fill vacancies now existing in his office
eight in the 81, 200 grade and forty-fve
in the $1,000 grade. This is the largest
requisition ever made upon the commits
sion, and to fill it at least four certifca-
lions were made from each of the states
and territories. These appointments are
for low-grade positions made vacant by
the promotion of clerks under the new
rules governing promotions in the depart
ments.
The Secretary of the Interior has re-
turned to Commissioner Sparks the paper
in the case of Frank Showing versus
Thomas Naughton, involving the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter
and the northwest quarter of southeast
quarter, section II, township 3 south
range 9 west, Helena, Montana, district,
appealed by Naughton from the decision
of the Commissioner of the Land Office.
Fraud is alleged in the entry, and the
Secretary directs that the Commissioner
Cduo6 al lllFSStlS dtloA W 10 ulauS. 1n6
Secretary has affirmed the decision in the
case of the appeal of P. A. Johnson from
the decision of the Commissioner of the
Land Office requesting his application
to make presumption filing for the south
west quarter of section %, township 43,
range 81, Marquette, Mich, land district.
ACTING Secretary Muldrow, in disput-
ed preference right of entry case from
Dakota, rendered an opinion sustaining
Land Commissioner Sparks and severely
commenting upon the illegal and nefari-
Gus business of traficking in these con-
tests. The parties in interest who were
contending for preference were Henry
E. Hawkey and Benjamin Schlick, the
latter being the appellant N the case.
The acting secretary finds that Schlick
offered to sell his contest against the
entry for 1926, and had another contest
which he was offering to sell at the same
time. He closes a loHg opinion by say
ing: "On a full consideration of 122
pages of testimony taken in the case the
department concurs in your opinion that
the SchIick contest is speculative, and
that the preference right of entry should
be awarded TO HaWkey.o